When Metal Ruled the 80s: Story, Cast and Series Facts
When Metal Ruled the 80s (2023): Music. Series details, synopsis and season dates from TVmaze.

Story and premise
When Metal Ruled the 80s celebrates the peak years of glam metal as the productions became glitzier, the hair grew bigger and the parties went out of control as leading bands would stop at nothing to outdo their competition. By the 1980s fame and notoriety of metal bands was at a saturation point and individual band members were starting to become world famous leading to infighting that threatened to bring down the biggest bands.
Series details
- Title: When Metal Ruled the 80s
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Genres: Music
- Premiere date: 2023-02-26
- Final broadcast date listed: 2023-03-05
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: REELZ
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 67358
- IMDb ID: tt27127444
- TVDB ID: 431851
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2023-02-26; final listed air date 2023-03-05; episode order: 4.
Source and licence
Adapted from When Metal Ruled the 80s on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.



